News & Reports
Zambia: Analysis of New Access to Information Act
On 15 December 2023, Zambia finally signed its Access to Information Act into law, following years of public debate about the importance of such legislation. The Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD) is today pleased to launch publicly its Analysis of the Access to...
Maldives: Note on the Right to Information Act
The Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD) is has launched its Note on the Right to Information (RTI) Act of the Maldives. Originally prepared to support a planned official review of the RTI Act, which may now be on hold, CLD has disseminated the Note in the hope of...
Myanmar: Baseline Study on Access to Information Post-Coup
The Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD) and the Hope Organization launched a baseline Study on Access to Information in Myanmar: Changes in How Health CSOs Access Information. The Study, which relied on a survey of 60 CSOs operating in Myanmar, assessed the state of...
Mexico: Global Community Calls on Senators to Appoint Information Commissioners
The lead oversight body for access to information in Mexico, the National Institute for Transparency, Access to Information and Personal Data Protection (INAI), is currently unable to function because the Mexican President and Senate have refused to appoint new...
Canada: CLD Submission to the UPR on the Right to Information
The Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD), in collaboration with the Centre for Free Expression (CFE), the Canadian Institute for Information and Privacy Studies (CIIPS) and Democracy Watch, made a Submission to Session 44 of the Universal Periodic Review on the Right to...
Guides on making requests for information at the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation
The Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD) and Bank Information Center (BIC) have launched two user-friendly Guides on making requests for information at the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation (IFC). The Guides describe how to file a request for...
